Medion External hard disk - Partitioning Programs; Partitioning the Drive; Formatting the Drive

S
S
E
E
T
T
T
T
I
I
N
N
G
G
U
U
P
P
8
PARTITIONING PROGRAMS
With Windows
®
2000/XP use the data media management
help program in order to install the hard disk. You can find
the program in the computer management.
With some operating systems you must have administration
rights to install a hard disk.
With Windows
®
98SE/ME the hard disk is installed with the
DOS program FDISK. Look under help in Windows for de-
tailed information on using this program.
PARTITIONING THE DRIVE
Partitioning a drive divides the space into different areas
which can be accessed as separate logic drives (with letters
C:, D:, E: etc.). Read the operating system manual to find
out to partition hard drives.
FORMATTING THE DRIVE
In order to remove data from the hard disk, the partitions
must be formatted.
 CAUTION! You must be totally sure about which
drive letter to enter so that you don’t format a drive
that contains data you wish to keep.
You can carry out the partitioning using Windows
®
Explorer
(right click on the drive and select format).
Read which formatting options you have in the next section.